> Is this what you want to do?
>
> 1. Accept mail from the outside world for your domain, for delivery to
> local accounts.
> 2. Accept mail from 192.168.1.x (internal hosts) for relay to the
> outside world.
yup, except all the mail will be going to/coming from the hub...
> If so, it's not difficult but if you've never played with sendmail
> before it can be a little daunting. Exact details depend upon the
> version of sendmail that you're using, but this should work for 8.8.x
> and 8.9.x at least.
i understood the instructions ok, but which ones should be used to set up
the gateway and which apply to the internal host (if any) ???
> Of course, you'll need to make sure that your gateway machine is also
> the MX host for your domain if you want to receive any mail, but that's
> a DNS issue, nothing to do with sendmail.
the gateway is the MX for the domain...
> Maybe this helps, maybe it makes things as clear as mud ;-) Let me
> know if you need more help, but be patient. I'm off work for the next
> three weeks and will only be checking mail occasionally.
appreciate the assistance...
basically i am struggling with getting the gateway to relay for our domain
only (and thus preventing spam) without blocking outbound email...
later
marty
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